The Headache

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Maker: George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878), after Captain Frederick Marryat (English, 1792-1848), published by George Humphrey (English, c. 1773-1831)
Date: published February 12, 1819
Medium: Hand-colored etching on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image, hand-coloring extends beyond platemark: 21 × 25.8 cm (8 5/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Plate: 20.8 × 25.7 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 21.4 × 26.2 cm (8 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Place of origin: England
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

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Maker: George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878), after Captain Frederick Marryat (English, 1792-1848), published by George Humphrey (English, c. 1773-1831)
Date: published February 12, 1819
Medium: Hand-colored etching on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image, hand-coloring extends beyond platemark: 21 × 25.8 cm (8 5/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Plate: 20.8 × 25.7 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Sheet: 21.4 × 26.2 cm (8 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Place of origin: England
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0